White Tiger

Black Tiger #2

by Greta van der Rol

New York is no place for a tiger – not for weretiger Sally Carter or for the white tiger she finds in a Harlem basement, guarding an enormous stash of heroin. Sally's daring rescue of the tiger attracts journalist Dave Gardner, who sniffs a story and a lead to a drug baron he's being trying to nail for years. While Sally is determined that the white tiger will find a home in a sanctuary, Gardner follows a tenuous trail from the tiger back to the drug cache - and a whole lot of trouble. Soon Sally and her weretiger husband find themselves mixed up in a drug baron's plot for revenge where even their amazing weretiger talents may not be enough to save Gardner - or themselves.

Genres: Shapeshifters, Paranormal

140 pages, Paperback

First published November 6, 2013

About the author

Greta van der Rol loves writing science fiction with a large dollop of good old, healthy romance. She lives not far from the coast in Queensland, Australia and enjoys photography and cooking when she isn't bent over the computer. She has a degree in history and a background in building information systems, both of which go a long way toward helping her in her writing endeavours.

Reviews

[Toby Neal · Rating 5 out of 5]

An intelligent, suspenseful tale that shines a spotlight on an important issue, White Tiger is the sequel to Van Der Rol's Black Tiger. This novel is a continuation of the fated love between Sally and Ash, humans who also host were-tigers, an alter into which they can change form at will. In addition to this romance and fantasy element, there's a strong crime mystery involving drug dealing/smuggling and the various illegal and unethical uses of tigers: for sport, for parts in medicine, and as inbred circus freaks, in the case of the rare white tigers. All these issues are explored through the fast-paced vehicle of the crime drama and the other couple investigating it, Jill a tiger activist and Gardner, a reporter obsessed with getting to the bottom of the crime ring.. If I could have had anything more, it would have been a brief review of the history of the were-tiger element and how Sally and Ash came to be hosting these powerful entities--it had been awhile since I read Black Tiger.
All in all, a story that can't help taking you away--to a tiger breeding ranch with a mock colisseum, right here in the United States.

[Synthe · Rating 3 out of 5]

Greta's SF stories are on my top shelf and while her Tiger series isn't, this is still a great read and has a very noble purpose in it's premise and theme - the real life, actual factual, plight of captive-bred tigers in America which is beyond horrible for these amazing animals. Great research supports the story.

[grumpyoldbird · Rating 4 out of 5]

Loved this book. Didn't realise it was the 2nd in a series when I started reading, which is my own fault for not finding out.

I'll definitely be looking for the other books in this series. Loved the 'adventure' of it all, was thought provoking about the plight of captive tigers at the same time. This book has a bit of everything and is well worth reading.

[Emmie · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was not the normal paranormal romance. Well done to Ms van der Rol for highlighting issues with the breeding and selling of exotic species. It opened my eyes to the mistreatment of these animals.

[M.A. McRae · Rating 4 out of 5]

Thriller that thrills. I was involved from the start - the heroine with the alter-ego, and loved the build-up to an exciting conclusion.